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Disability visibility : first-person stories from the twenty-first century : unabridged selections

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  • Running Time: 08:01 hrs
    Publisher:
    Penguin Random House, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 08:01 hrs
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    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Wong, Alice
    Contributor: Wong, Alice; Ospina, Alejandra
    Date:
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    2020
    Summary:

    One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent-but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people. From original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma, to blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites listeners to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.

    Original Publisher: [S.l.], Penguin Random House
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 0593216474, 9780593216477